We defeated the grant— now let's DEFEAT THE MINE!

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We are currently organizing to send emails to these three lists. Although they are prioritized, they are all important:

1. HIGHEST PRIORITY: the entities with whom Highland Copper is most regularly in conversation (including current investors and followers of their social media account), as well as mining media outlets
2. SECOND HIGHEST PRIORITY: the "buy-side institutions" from the recent Transition Metals Conference in Washington D.C., which Highland Copper attended
3. THIRD HIGHEST PRIORITY: a broader range of addresses from potential funders

PLEASE NOTE: Lists #2 and #3 have many hundreds of recipients. Your email account likely imposes a limit of 200, 300, or 500 sent messages per day. Thus, you will probably need to break the list up into multiple chunks to be sent over the course of multiple days.

There's a good chance many of the recipients won't open the message, but they'll still read the subject, so make it powerful and to the point: "Michigan rejects Copperwood grant," or simply, "Don't invest in Highland Copper"

Here is a form letter you may copy and paste or use as the basis for your own:

"To whom it may concern:

I am writing to inform you that the State of Michigan has elected not to include the grant to Highland Copper and the Copperwood Mine in their 2025 budget. As can be seen in this video, the Michigan Senate had many reservations about the project and the necessity of supplying State funding. 

Furthermore, you should know that the Copperwood Mine is opposed by a petition of over 40,000 signatures — more than three times the population of the county. The main concerns of the signers are the fact that, not only would Copperwood disrupt a beloved outdoor recreation area, but it would store the waste in the closest metallic sulfide waste facility to Lake Superior in history. Despite what you may have been told by the company, there is NO SOCIAL LICENSE for this project.

Copperwood is also opposed by groups such as the Michigan / Wisconsin Sierra Club Chapters, the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, the North Country Trail, Citizens for a Safe and Clean Lake Superior, the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition, and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and others, as can be seen by this document with hundreds of letters of opposition.

Finally, I would suggest you familiarize yourself with this 2023 Auditor's Report, which describes Highland Copper as a "significantly risky and speculative investment."

Thank you for your time. I write to you today with your best interests in mind.

Sincerely,

Your Name Here"

Thank you for your support! Industry outreach is a crucial part of any grassroots movement, and the more of us send these messages, the more seriously our opposition will be taken.

Be prepared for many of the emails to "bounce back" — sorry about this, we are refining our lists. Feel free to provide us with the list of bounced emails so we can make corrections: ProtectThePorkies@gmail.com

In your message, consider citing this material as proof that Copperwood is a terrible investment:

• Our petition with over 42,000 signatures
• This video of the Michigan Senate lambasting the proposed Copperwood grant
• This 700+ page document with hundreds of letters of opposition to the grant
  

And there is also this 2023 Auditor's Report with many tantalizing quotes for your use:

• “an investment in Highland Copper involves significant risks and should be considered speculative.”
• “the Company does not have any experience in taking a mining project to production;”
• “Mineral exploration and development is a high risk, speculative business. Few properties that are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines.”
• “significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
• “an investment in the Company’s common shares should be considered a highly speculative investment that involves significant financial risks,” "there is significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue"